A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kiki

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1945

1999

1982

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

United States

Japan

Canada

China
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?

Beijing

Tokyo

Toronto

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Future tense

Present tense

Pluperfect

Past tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?

Animated film

Play

Short story

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Science fiction

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Eel

Pufferfish

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?

Its gills

Its eyes

Its stomach

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They become bed-bound for a year

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

California

Tokyo

London

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Germany

Canada

Japan

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Type of fish

Woven floor mat

Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a doctor

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Kamakura

Osaka

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Drinking

Chewing gum

Spitting

Smoking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Kazumi

Kobe

Watanabe

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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